‘I remember as I looked out to the crowd, all I saw was a blur of faces.’

Now, with the two-year mark of Hayley’s death coming in June, the cross the family erected at Fremantle Cemetery must come down. ‘A wooden cross is only meant to act as a temporary marker,’ a spokesman for the Metropolitan Cemetery Board explained.

‘You can imagine that a wooden cross, over time, would become quite worn and damaged, so that’s why we require a headstone to replace the old marker.’

Amanda said the family’s financial situation meant they cannot afford the $3000 it would take for a headstone to be placed at the resting site.